NEW AND INTERESTING BEETLE (COLEOPTERA) RECORDS

Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, nº 45 (2009) : 279−280.
NEW AND INTERESTING BEETLE (COLEOPTERA)
TH
RECORDS FROM PORTUGAL (6 NOTE)
José Manuel Grosso-Silva1 & Jacinto L. Diamantino2
1
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão,
4485-661 Vairão, Portugal − [email protected]
2
Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela, Praça da República, 28; 6270-496 Seia, Portugal − [email protected]
Abstract: Interesting Portuguese records are presented for nine beetle species, including two novelties for the country’s fauna:
Grynobius planus (Fabricius, 1787) and Ptilinus pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758).
Key words: Coleoptera, Anobiidae, Grynobius planus, Ptilinus pectinicornis, novelties, interesting records, Portugal.
Registros interesantes de coleópteros (Coleoptera, Anobiidae) de Portugal (6ª nota)
Resumen: Se presentan registros de nueve especies de coleópteros de Portugal continental, dos de las cuales son nuevas
para el país: Grynobius planus (Fabricius, 1787) y Ptilinus pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758).
Palabras clave: Coleoptera, Anobiidae, Grynobius planus, Ptilinus pectinicornis, novedades, registros interesantes, Portugal.
Introduction
COMMENTS: New species for the Portuguese fauna and hence first
record for Alvão Natural Park. In Spain this species is recorded from
the provinces of Cantabria, Guadalajara, Gerona, Guipúzcoa, Huesca, La Coruña, La Rioja, Lérida, Navarra, and Segovia (Español,
1992; López-Colón, 2001; Baselga & Novoa, 2000, 2004; De La
Rosa et al., 2005; Martínez de Murguía et al., 2007; Pérez-Moreno
& Moreno-Grijalba, 2009).
The present paper is the sixth contribution dealing with the
Portuguese fauna of Coleoptera and as the previous papers
(Grosso-Silva, 1999, 2002, 2005b, 2007; Grosso-Silva &
Serrano, 2000) it aims to present interesting records of beetles
collected in continental Portugal.
Distributional comments refer only to the Portuguese
knowledge concerning each species (with municipality and
UTM coordinates presented for previously known localities),
except in the case of new records for the country. Unless
otherwise stated, the specimens studied were collected by the
authors and are deposited in the senior author’s personal collection. Several species are recorded from Alvão Natural Park
(abbreviated as PNAlv, from the Portuguese “Parque Natural
do Alvão”) and one from Serra da Estrela Natural Park
(PNSE, from the Portuguese “Parque Natural da Serra da
Estrela”).
● Ptilinus pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Mealhada: Mata Nacional do Buçaco (southeastern part) (29TNE5369), 02-07-2006 (2 ♂, Grosso-Silva &
Alonso Zarazaga leg., coll. CIBIO-UP).
COMMENTS: New species for the Portuguese fauna. In Spain this
species is recorded from the provinces of Huesca, La Rioja, Navarra,
and Segovia (Español, 1992; Murria Beltrán et al., 2003; De La
Rosa et al., 2005; Pérez-Moreno & Moreno-Grijalba, 2009).
Attelabidae Billberg, 1820
● Apoderus coryli (Linnaeus, 1758)
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Mondim de Basto: Ribeira de Fervença,
northeast of Ermelo (29TNF9480) (PNAlv), 27-07-2002 (1).
COMMENTS: Second Portuguese record and first for Alvão Natural
Park; previously only recorded from Anta (Sabrosa, 29TPF16) by
Barros (1896). Despite being from a nearby area in the country, the
present record is particularly interesting on account of the absence of
data for this species in Portugal throughout the whole 20th century.
Results
Acanthocnemidae Crowson, 1964
● Acanthocnemus nigricans (Hope, 1845)
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Boticas: Beça (29TPG01), 29-07-1999 (1,
Ernestino Maravalhas leg.).
COMMENTS: Third Portuguese locality; previously recorded from
Anta (Sabrosa, 29TPF16) (Barros, 1913; Fuente, 1931) and very
recently from Quinta do Fragusto (Guarda, 29TPE3377) (GrossoSilva, 2005a).
TOPONYMIC NOTE: Regarding the first Portuguese locality mentioned, a clarification is needed: “Anta” (the name presented by
Barros and Fuente) is not an abbreviation or simplification of S.
Martinho de Anta as supposed by Alonso Zarazaga et al. (2003)
(who wrote “[São Martinho de] Anta” when citing Fuente’s work)
but a small village located roughly 2 km to the northwest of S. Martinho de Anta proper.
Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845
● Bothrideres interstitialis Heyden, 1870
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Vila Real: To the northeast of Barragem
Cimeira (29TPF0179) (PNAlv), 12-05-2001 (1).
COMMENTS: Fourth Portuguese site and first record for Alvão Natural Park. Previously recorded from Gerês (Terras de Bouro,
29TNG62) (Heyden, 1870; Oliveira, 1893; Fuente, 1928), from
Barracão (Moimenta da Beira, 29TPF0940) (Mendes, 1959) and
from Herdade da Ribeira Abaixo (Grândola, 29SNC31) (GrossoSilva & Serrano, 2000).
Anobiidae Fleming, 1821
● Grynobius planus (Fabricius, 1787)
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Vila Real: Ribeira do Arnal, north of Galegos
da Serra (29TPF0076) (PNAlv), 27-05-2001 (1 ♀).
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 (1815)
● Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) martini Pic, 1908
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Manteigas: Mata do Fragusto (29TPE3175)
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(PNSE), 12-04-2005 (1 ♂, Sónia Ferreira & Pedro Sousa leg., coll.
CIBIO-UP)
COMMENTS: Second Portuguese site and first record for Serra da
Estrela Natural Park. In Portugal, this species was only recorded
from Serra de Monchique (Dahlgren, 1972), whereas in Spain it is
known from the province of Murcia (Fuente, 1931; Dahlgren, 1972).
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817
● Phosphaenus hemipterus (Goeze, 1777)
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Mondim de Basto: Bridge over river Olo,
northwest of Ermelo (29TNF9280) (PNAlv), 27-05-2001 (1 ♂).
COMMENTS: Fifth Portuguese site and first record for Alvão Natural
Park. Previously recorded from Lagares (Penafiel, 29TNF5253) by
Barros (1927), Cabeça (Seia, 29TPE0664) by Grosso-Silva (2002),
Gondão (Trofa, 29TNF3669) by Grosso-Silva (2005b), and Avintes
and Gaia Biological Park (both in Vila Nova de Gaia, 29TNF34)
(Geisthardt et al., 2008; Grosso-Silva & Soares-Vieira, 2009).
Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815
● Mycetophagus (Ulolendus) piceus (Fabricius, 1777)
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Rio Maior: Barbete (south of Marinhas do
Sal da Fonte da Bica) (29SND0556), 14-11-2008 [1, Grosso-Silva &
Soares-Vieira leg., on fungus on the bark of a living Olea europaea
L. (Oleaceae)].
COMMENTS: Fourth Portuguese site; previously recorded from S.
Martinho de Anta (Sabrosa, 29TPF16) and Penamaior (Paços de
Ferreira, 29TNF47) by Barros (1926) and from Buçaco (Penacova,
29TNE56) by Fuente (1928).
Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802
● Cychramus luteus (Fabricius, 1787)
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Ponte de Lima: Tirado (Queijada) (29TN
G3818), 19-05-2007 [4, on Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
(Araceae)].
COMMENTS: Third Portuguese record; previously recorded from S.
Martinho de Tibães (Braga, 29TNG40) (Grosso-Silva, 2002) and
Gaia Biological Park (Vila Nova de Gaia, 29TNF3749) (GrossoSilva & Soares-Vieira, 2009).
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to Pablo Bercedo (León, Spain) for his kind assistance regarding the Iberian knowledge about the anobiids recorded.
Thanks are also due to Sónia Ferreira, Pedro Sousa and Ernestino
Maravalhas for the collection of some interesting species. GrossoSilva was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia,
through SFRH/BD/41906/2007 PhD grant.
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